Thanks all for the response. I took a look at those few sites that have PR of 10, and I can't understand how they can possibly be number 10. And from what I read from all the responses, I still can't understand why Youtube is not on that list when so many people have youtube videos on their sites. I mean I would say at least more people has links (videos) from youtube on their sites than people who have links to adobe.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Also think of the type of sites that link, most sites that embed Youtube videos are pretty poor blogs that don't have much PR. Sites that link to Adobe tend to be commercial, governmental or educational - which tend to have higher PR. Also, when people link to Youtube videos they link to the video pages, so PR instead of being channeled to the homepage or high level category, it's divided evenly between low level pages so it's far weaker.
Okay this kinda makes sense, but if we are to take about quantity by itself, I would say there are few commercial, governmental or educational sites out there, compared to the numbers of sites that would link to youtube. But then again, i guess it's very clear now that higher PR is not dependent on quantity but quality. I guess I've spent way to much time @ Alexa.
Exactly, one PR8 link may well pass the equivalent PR of 100,000 or more PR1 links. Theoretically, a site could attain a PR10 with just 4-8 links in total, quantity has no real bearing on PR unless you're talking about several million.
Wow, you must have been kept in the dark if you have only just heard about PR. Its the best thing that will ever happen to you! lol not really. Most people concentrate far too much on it nowadays. Its kind of becoming obsolete. Best thing to check instead is google backlinks. Its kinda like Pr, but a broader number.
Wow! Are you serious? Now this makes way more sense how some of those sites made it to PR10. I am going to pay more attention to websites with higher PR now. By the way, would that include directories? i.e. Directories with PR 5 or 6?
Yes, exactly, though bear in mind that that's just for PR purposes. If I was chasing rankings - and I should be, I would take those mass of low PR links if they were all on topic any day. That's the prime reason why chasing PR doesn't not equate to rankings. Have a play around with this for a while - http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank_calculator.php3 You'll get a much better idea of how PR really works.
Can you please explain what you mean by "...If I was chasing rankings - and I shouble be...." What do you mean. Isn't that's the whole point of having a high PR? Thanx
Thanks for the response. What you say makes a lot sense. But also look again at what Matt said "If I was chasing rankings - and I should be, I would take those mass of low PR links if they were all on topic any day." It seems he's referring to some different. I am not sure exactly what he meant to say by that.
Oh, really? Okay, i am now kinda confused again...from reading about PR and all the things that it's based on, it seems that that would also reflect well in terms of search engine rankings. Why isn't this so?
Hmm. it's a bit clear now. as i was reading i ran into these two terms, backlinks, and google backlinks. what is the difference between these two? i mean, i clearly know what are backlinks, but what are google backlinks?
I am agree with all . Google decides page rank by website quality, its backlinks, external links, contents, site popularity and website age. There are also many other factors working for PR. Alexa gives PR by its own criteria( algorithms ). so alexa ranking & google ranking is different.